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Opinion: Starving Amtrak
(The following editorial appeared on the Toledo Blade website on February 19.) TOLEDO, Ohio -- In its latest slam-dance with mass transportation, the Bush Administration is proposing to end the federal operating subsidy for Amtrak, which provides virtually all of...
Mineta: Bush administration would save Amtrak with reform proposal
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on February 22.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Bush Administration wants to save Amtrak with a reform proposal that will provide more passenger rail funding to states and encourage Amtrak and other rail...
Mineta defends cuts to Amtrak subsidy
(The following article by Dianne Whitacre was posted on the Charlotte Observer website on February 23.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- President Bush's hard line on cutting off funding for Amtrak is a way to force Congress to reform the nation's struggling passenger train...
No decision in LIRR-union dispute
(The following story by Joie Tyrrell appeared on the New York Newsday website on February 19.) NEW YORK -- A federal magistrate reserved decision Friday on whether to allow the Long Island Rail Road to continue using non-union labor in a Queens maintenance yard, a...
Rail traffic speeds up
(The following article by C.M. Mortimer was posted on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on February 20.) PITTSBURGH -- Rising demand for freight transportation has sparked a hiring boom in the rail industry that hasn't been felt in four decades. The nation's...
Port plans to double rail capacity at cargo terminal
(The following article by Christopher Dinsmore was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on February 20.) NORFOLK, Va. -- The Virginia Port Authority is developing plans to double its on-dock rail capacity at Norfolk International Terminals to meet growing demand....
37 illegal migrants found in boxcar
(The following article by Scott Streater was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on February 21.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Union Pacific Railroad employees in Fort Worth were startled late Friday when they opened a railroad boxcar to find 37 illegal immigrants...
Delays in service are feared due to DC hazmat ban
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on February 20.) RICHMOND, Va. -- A ban on transporting hazardous materials by rail through Washington is being closely watched by Virginia transportation officials who fear backups...
D.C.’s ban on hazardous trains may raise risks in nearby states
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 21.) HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- A newly passed ordinance barring rail shipments of hazardous materials through the District of Columbia raises the risk of a catastrophic accident or terrorist attack in...
President’s plan could kill Amtrak, supporters fear
(The following article by Tom Minehart was posted on the Kalamazoo Gazette website on February 21.) Eliminating Amtrak subsidies from the federal budget, as President Bush has proposed, "would hurt the country and our district," says U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St....
